Context Map
Model strategic DDD relationships between bounded architecture contexts
Context Map makes ownership boundaries and strategic integration choices explicit. Open Analysis → Context Map.
Strategic Relationships
Supported patterns include Customer-Supplier, Partnership, Published Language, Anticorruption Layer, Open Host Service, Shared Kernel, Separate Ways, Conformist, and Big Ball of Mud.
Choose a relationship type because it describes an intentional team and model boundary—not merely because two systems exchange data.
Edit And Inspect
Switch to edit mode to create or update a context relationship, direction, notes, and layout. Select an edge or relationship row to inspect its source, target, pattern, and supporting explanation.
Layout state and context relationships belong to the selected architecture version. They participate in comparison, merge, import/export, and supported published documentation.
Review Questions
- Who owns the upstream model and contract?
- Is translation isolated behind an anticorruption layer?
- Is a shared kernel genuinely co-owned?
- Does a conformist relationship reflect a conscious constraint?
- Should an accidental dependency become a published language or separate way?